Our client is arguably the UK’s leading public sector focused events and publishing business with an enviable reputation as a market leader. They are comprised of several divisions covering events, seminars, expos, training courses and publications all focusing on cutting-edge issue around public policy.

Role purpose:

With dedicated staff and excellent research capabilities the business offers over 250 events each year that allow their attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest policy and the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics with a panel of speakers, policy experts, and fellow delegates.

Due to continued growth they are looking for an experienced conference producer to lead the production of their leading high profile training courses. This is ideally suited to a conference producer with 1 year’s experience who’s looking to diversify away from conferences into new areas. Additionally, there will be the opportunity for this person to mentor and help the team with a realistic route to management within 12 months.

Main duties and responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have a keen attention to detail and an interest in the public sector.

They will progress rapidly to assume development responsibilities that involve the creation of intellectually stimulating content and commercially viable training programmes.

Main duties will include:

Research of commercially viable topics, desk and phone research

speaker recruitment

marketing and budgetary management

key stakeholder management

creative idea generation

Mentor and help manage the team of junior programme assistants

What we are looking for:

You will need excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and an ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines and targets. Highly motivated with the ability to multi-task, you will need to have a proven track record of producing high quality conferences or training courses.

Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses. We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next move.